The city of Ventura on Monday will host a special meeting to look at how future growth and development will take place and where.

The meeting will focus on the city’s infill-first strategy, developed as part of the 2005 General Plan that serves as the city’s primary planning document.

The infill-first strategy focuses on building in neighborhoods and near other existing development, thereby preserving agriculture, the hillsides, coastal areas and open space. Along with infilling, the city developed form-based codes that emphasized urban designs and allowed for more mixed-use developments.

The workshop will consider several elements, including whether officials should rank areas of the city where infill would work best, whether factors such as building heights and parking should get greater attention and what refined building standards should be considered when implementing an infill strategy to work best with adjacent developments.

The workshop’s breakout sessions, of which there are three, will be limited to the City Council and advisory board members only, but the public will have the opportunity to comment at the end.

No action will be taken Monday. The council will consider the results of the workshop on June 24 and then give staff members direction on how to revise the infill-first policy and its implementation.